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UNITED STATES JOHN E. MONSEES, or

WASHING- PATENT OFFICE.

SMITH CITY, MISSOURI. l

MACHINES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 49, |35, dated August 1, 1865.

declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference. being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan or top view of my invention.A Fig. 2 is a side sectional viewof the same, taken in the line .fr w, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates toa new and improved clothes-washingmachineof that class in which a swinging plunger is used and the clothes subjected to a pressure or squeezing action.

The object of the invention is to obtain a washingmachine ot' the class specified which will be simple in construction and possess advantages over others of the same class, as hereinafter referred to.

A represents a suds-box, supported at a suitable height by legs a, said box having vertical parallel ends b bandinclined sides cc. The legs a extend a short distance above the ends b ofthe suds-box, and are connected at their upper parts by bars d, through which pins e pass, said pins also passing through the upper parts of arms B B, to the lower ends of which a plunger-board, C, is attached obliquelv. (See Fig. 2.) This plunger-board C is lutedlor corrugated at its upper surface, as shown at f, and the arms B B have a lever-frame, D, attached to them, by which the plunger-board C is oscillated or swung baci; and forth within the suds-box.

In the upper part of the sudsbox there are placed two boards, D' D", one at the front and clearly in Fig. 2.

The suds-box is provided with the requisite quantity of suds, and the clothes being placed in the box the plunger-board C is oscillated or moved back and forth by operating theleverframe D. The clothes aresubjected toasqueezing or pressure between the board C and the side c ot' the box, and have th'e suds forced through their texture. On account ofthe oblique position of the board G the clothes are allowed to turn, the upper board, D', serving to prevent the clothes moving upward in the them, as the board C moves forward, an inclination downward. The board D" prevents wa ter or suds splashing out ot' the box at the rear ot' G.

be rinsed with cleanwater, the process of rins ing being the same as that ot' washing.

This machine h as been practically tested a operates well. The clothes are not injured b1) rubbing and friction, nor are ,they divested o buttons, as is most generally the casc wit other machines in use. p. 3 i I claim as new and desire to secure by L ters Patentthe other at' the rear side of the suds-box.` These boards are slightly inclined, as shown box beyond a certain distance, and giving The clothes, after being well washed, may` The particular con1bination"aud arrangenne t 

